Question

1. List the top 20 most distracting grammatical errors and give an example sentence of each one.

Answer 1

Top 20 most distracting grammatical errors are listed below:

1. Subject verb agreement error:

Example: an important thing in your life have been teachers who stood by you

2. Incomplete documentation:

Example: sam went the store

3. Dangling modifier error

Example: while walking on the footpath, Sandy found a puppy.

4. Quotation error:

Example: “Sometimes, LaPierre said, ‘The only thing to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.’”

5. Unnecessary sentence fragmentation:

Example: Andrew gave his mother an extravagant gift, after the argument. In spite of everything.

6. Missing comma in introductory phrase:

Example: in case you have not noticed the real name of the author does not appear in the article.

7. Confusion with apostrophe with its:

Example: I don’t believe its finally saturday.

8. Vague pronoun reference

Example: When Jonathan does not found his dog, he was very sad.

9. Wrong word use

Example: She excepted his offer to present the project report.

10. Forget to provide conjunction:

Example: She tried to creep out of the house her father saw her leaving.

11. Excessive use of commas:

Example: The woman never went into the town, because, she didn’t feel comfortable, walking in traffic.

12. Faulty parallelism:

Example: He wanted to know more about careers in engineering, biochemist, and research scientist.

13. Sentence sprawl:

Example: Marrie was planning to attend her friend’s wedding on January 15, but at the last minute she found out she had jury duty, so she couldn’t attend the wedding, and she felt bad about it.

14. Colon mistake:

Example: People move to India for: the warmer weather, the beach, and the mountains

15. Split infinitives:

Example: John tried to quickly finish the meal before he had to leave.

16. Passive voice:

Example: that design was done by me

17. I.e. vs e.g.:

Example: ( when e.g. is used as ‘that is’) e.g. the state is controlled by illiterate politicians.

(when i.e. is used as for example) i.e. holi is one of the famous festivals in India  

18. Who vs. that:

Example: anya is a girl that rescue the bird

19. Lose vs. loose:

Example: I don’t want to loose the love.

20. Wrong use of semicolons:

Example: There are two options for lunch: rice and chapati, which is high in protein and high in carbs; or oatmeal and fruit, which is low in carbs but has more fiber.